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* 1. Is your organization an ESIP member?

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* 2. How would you classify your organization? (Pick one)

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* 3. How would you describe ESIP to someone who's not familiar with it? What is ESIP best known for? How would you characterize its reputation?

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* 4. How do you interact with ESIP? (Please check all that apply.)

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* 5. Why have you and/or your institution chosen to be part of ESIP? What value do you receive from being part of ESIP?

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* 6. Is your organization supportive of your involvement in ESIP?

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* 7. Why or why not? How do you justify the time you spend participating in ESIP activities?

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* 8. How do you perceive your organization's role within ESIP?

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* 9. What could be working more effectively at ESIP? Are there any obstacles to your participation? Is there anything that's not working at all?

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* 10. Where has ESIP had an significant and lasting impact?

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* 11. On a scale of 1 to 5, how would you rate ESIP’s overall impact and effectiveness in the following areas? (1 being not very effective or impactful, 5 being highly effective and impactful)

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Increasing the use and value of Earth science data and information
Strengthening the ties between observations and user communities (e.g. technologies, research, education and applications)
Promoting techniques to articulate and measure the socioeconomic value and benefit of Earth science data, information and applications.
Positioning ESIP to play a major role in Earth science issues (e.g. addressing effects of climate change mitigation
Bringing like-minded individuals and organizations together during annual meetings;
Communicating Earth Science Information needs and progress to the broader community
Creating and promoting community best practices

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* 12. On a scale of 1 to 5, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree)

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ESIP online platform is user friendly (esipfed.org, wiki.esipfed.org, testbed.esipfed.org and commons.esipfed.org)
It is easy for me to find and share content on the ESIP platform
Communications from staff to community meets my needs
Communication methods between community are adequate
Staff support of my work within ESIP is sufficient
Meetings (dates, locations, themes) are productive
Collaborative group structures support the work I want to do
Membership process is clear and benefits are obvious for joining
Microfunding through Testbed, FUNding Friday or ESIP Committees and Working Groups is efficient

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* 13. What new services would you like to see offered by ESIP?

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* 14. If you could give one piece of advice to ESIP’s leadership, what would it be?

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